Magnus – Retrout https://retrout.org Sustainable Fishing Tourism in the Baltic Sea Fri, 07 May 2021 13:20:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 The translation of John Kärki´s article is finally here! https://retrout.org/2021/03/25/the-translation-of-john-karkis-article-is-finally-here/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:52:11 +0000 https://retrout.org/?p=1291 The article by Johan Kärki from 2019 in “Allt om flugfiske” (all about fly fishing) is finally translated into the languages of the member states of the Retrout project. The article is about the early stages of Retrout and the electro fishing and river habitat survey conference 2018. The article is now available in English on the website and will later be available in all the other languages as well.

The article is also translated into, Polish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian. However, as mentioned, some work is still needed to be able to publish the article in those languages. But be patient and the article will be available in your preferable language later this spring.

The article – English

 

]]> Flyfishing article about Retrout will be available soon https://retrout.org/2021/03/15/flyfishing-article-about-retrout-will-be-available-soon/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:35:21 +0000 https://retrout.org/?p=1264 Soon, translations of John Kärki´s article in “Allt om flugfiske” (all about flyfishing) from 2019 will be published here on the Retrout website. The article concludes the early work of Retrout, and the story starts with the electrofishing and river habitat survey conference in Lithuania 2018. At this conference the first steps towards a standardize method to assess the Sea trout stock and recruitment in the different rivers included in the project. He emphasizes the importance of the cross-border work that Retrout stand for, but also that actions speak lauder than words.

With the final conference behind us we now know what the Retrout project have accomplished, and that we have “taken actions”. With the restorations of river habitats and promoting sustainable fishing, hopefully we have secured the Sea trout in the Baltic sea for coming generations to enjoy.

The article will be translated in to; English, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Polish, and the translation work will be done during the later part of march and should be available on the webpage short after that.

 

]]> Summary of the Retrout final Conference https://retrout.org/2021/03/09/summary-of-the-retrout-final-conference/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:03:14 +0000 https://retrout.org/?p=1246 The final conference for Retrout was held February 17, 2021, and was, due to the pandemic, a digital event. During the conference the Retrout-movie premiered, and multiple presentations and interesting discussions was held.

The Retrout final conference 2021, was a digital event due to the ongoing pandemic in the world. It was supposed to be a live event, but for safety measures and to make it more accessible for stakeholders and organisations to participate in the Retrout final conference it was decided to be a digital event.

During the opening of the conference the Retrout movie “Blue change” was premiered, showing the work and result of the Retrout-project in the Baltic sea region. The movie included a few examples of restorations project from the different countries included in the Retrout project. The movie showed the positive affect of river restoration for the recruitment of trout and how restoration and sustainable management of this ecosystem service could lead to “blue growth”.

Followed, several presentations were held with different speakers and interesting themes. Keynote speeches about dam and stream restoration, the status of the Baltic Sea Sea trout and the future of tourism were presented as a background to the Retrout project. The results of the project were presented including the hardships and solutions that different projects have encountered during the different dam and river restorations. The accumulated experience from the different restoration projects that the Retrout project has conducted is summarised in a set of guidelines for river restorations and will work as a foundation for future restoration projects and enhance the effect and facilitate the process of future restorations. The development of the Baltic sea as a sustainable fishing destination and the economic value of fishing tourism for the local economy was presented and we were introduced to the daily work of fishing guides in all five partner countries. The presentations were followed by discussions in themed chat rooms, a way to let the participants contribute to the conference.

To conclude the final conference a panel discussion with reflections and questions from the conference were arranged with the keynote speakers and the participants of the conference. The different subjects from the final conference was discussed along with achievements and difficulties of the Retrout project.

The recording of the final conference and to the movie “Blue Change” are accessible from the links below.

Final conference recording

The movie – Blue change

 

Presentations

Dam Removal. Restoring the biodiversity. Herman Wanningen

Status of Baltic Sea trout stocks. Martin Kesler

Best practices for river restoration. Henri Jokinen

Retrout river restoration projects. Hakan Häggström

The future of tourism. Frank Cuypers

The road to BalticSeaFishing. Gustav Almqvist.

The Assesment of economic impact of fishing tourism. Edmunds Jansons.

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